A Study to Investigate Intravenous Tocilizumab in Participants With Moderate to Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia

Summary

This study will assess the pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, safety and efficacy of two different doses of tocilizumab (TCZ) in combination with standard-of-care (SOC) in hospitalized adult participants with moderate to severe COVID-19 pneumonia.

Timeline

Start

2020-05-05

Primary completion

2020-08-12

Completion

2020-08-12

Publications

• Kumar PN, Hernandez-Sanchez J, Nagel S, Feng Y, Cai F, Rabin J, Morse CG, Nadig NR, Ashraf O, Gotur DB, McComsey GA, Gafoor K, Perin P, Thornton SC, Stubbings W, Lin CJF, Tsai L. Safety and Efficacy of Tocilizumab 4 or 8 mg/kg in Hospitalized Patients With Moderate to Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pneumonia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 4;9(1):ofab608. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab608. eCollection 2022 Jan.
• Tom J, Bao M, Tsai L, Qamra A, Summers D, Carrasco-Triguero M, McBride J, Rosenberger CM, Lin CJF, Stubbings W, Blyth KG, Carratala J, Francois B, Benfield T, Haslem D, Bonfanti P, van der Leest CH, Rohatgi N, Wiese L, Luyt CE, Kheradmand F, Rosas IO, Cai F. Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Treated With Tocilizumab in a Randomized Controlled Trial. Crit Care Med. 2022 Mar 1;50(3):398-409. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005229.

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